Ara (genus)
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 Blue-and-yellow Macaw on the left and Scarlet Macaw on the right
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Ara is a neotropical genus of macaws comprising eight extant (surviving) species and six extinct species. Many of its members are popular in the pet trade, and bird smuggling is a threat to several species. The genus was defined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799.
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[edit] Species
[edit] Extant (surviving)
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Ara ararauna
- Blue-throated Macaw, Ara glaucogularis
- Military Macaw, Ara militaris
- Buffon's Macaw or Great Green Macaw, Ara ambiguus
- Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao
- Green-winged Macaw, Ara chloroptera
- Red-fronted Macaw, Ara rubrogenys
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw, Ara severa
[edit] Extinct
- Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw, Ara atwoodi
- Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw, Ara erythrocephala
- Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara gossei
- Lesser Antillean Macaw, Ara guadeloupensis (extinct 1760)
- Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor
- Saint Croix Macaw, Ara autocthones[1]
[edit] Species photographs
 Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus |
 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna |
 Green-winged Macaw Ara chloroptera |
 Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis |
 Scarlet Macaw |
 Military Macaw |
 Red-fronted Macaw |
_-Southwicks_Zoo_c.jpg/106px-Chestnut-fronted_Macaw_(Ara_severa)_-Southwicks_Zoo_c.jpg) Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa |
[edit] References
- ^ Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. [1973, 1978] (1981). Parrots of the World, corrected second edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5.
